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I'd like to see the Linux client have more functionality as the Windows client.
o Automatic deployment
o ability to reinstall
o more detailed status returned
o ability to query existance of certain files on a linux system

The SCEP client for Unix can not be installed unattended as it requires console input. This means that you cannot use ConfigMgr to deploy it Unix clients. In our environment we hacked the installer script to remove the prompts but we'd rather not have to do this.

Currently in an HTTPS only SCCM infrastructure it is cumbersome to get client certificates for Linux computers from a Microsoft CA. It would be great if the Linux SCCM client could make use of the Enrollment Point to make this process of enrolling for and renewing certificates easier.

Make the enrollment of Macs more automated. This could be done with a .pkg and maybe a xml or some other config file maybe enroll with AD bound macs auto. Just seems like it should be easier than putting in a server name and username and password

While deploying Configuration Manager current branch to our Linux servers, we discovered (and confirmed with MSFT) that the Linux CM agent will not communicate with Secondary Sites, only the Primary site. This causes us unexpected WAN network traffic. This is also different behavior from the Windows CM agent which makes optimal site design impossible.

Our Linux/UNIX support is focused on Linux/UNIX servers in datacenters. IBCM is primarily for client PCs that are mobile on the public Internet, so getting this on the radar would require a lot of feedback that we should extend our Linux coverage to include client devices such as laptop PCs.